Unit B Flashcards
Structuring
A widely used reference for implementing web accessibility
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Additional code within an opening element tag that specifies information about that element. <html lang(name)=”en”(value)>
Attribute
the system user agents should employ to translate the electronic information representing the page into human-recognizable symbols, such as letters and numbers. <meta charset=”utf-8”>
character encoding
What element enables you to pass information about a web page to user agents that open it?
<meta charset=”utf-8”>
Used as a parent element (semantic) for other elements on your page that function together.
div element
Indicates the meaning of their content. For instance, the h1 element marks text as a top-level heading, and the p element marks a paragraph of text. The div element has limited meaning—it groups elements but adds no information about what type of information it contains.
semantic value
Indicates the role of content. Makes it easier for people using a search engine to find information about your business or organization.
semantic elements
The most recent version of HTML
HTML5
Used in the head section. References code in an external file that browsers can use to help them interpret the elements. src=”modernizr.custom.62074.js”>
script element
Specially formatted codes that represent characters in the HTML document character set, are used when these characters are needed on a web page. Always begin with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;). The rest of the code consists of either a pound sign (#) followed by numbers or an English language abbreviation for the associated character name.
Character references
Every character has a number code
numeric character reference
Characters with an abbreviation-based alternative
named character reference
Change the browser’s viewport using this element to instruct browsers to display a page at the width of the browser window without zooming in.
viewport meta element <meta></meta>
Version of HTML that conforms to the rules of another language known as Extensible Markup Language (XML). Requires additional code in a number of situations
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
